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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 681

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Relating to: employer liability under worker's compensation for mandatory or coerced COVID-19 vaccines.

Employment Vaccination Workers compensation

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill provides that, for the purposes of worker's compensation, an injury

caused to an employee by a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that the

employee was required by or coerced by his or her employer to receive is presumed

to be caused by the individual's employment.

The presumption requires a diagnosis and may be rebutted by specific evidence

that the injury was caused outside of employment.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Knodl (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Moses (R) , Plumer (R) , Rozar (R) , Schraa (R) , Sortwell (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

5 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Brooks (R) , Jacque (R) , Murphy (R) , Nass (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 9, Noes 4

Passed 9–4 Mar 10, 2022 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Oct 29, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Moses, Allen, Brandtjen, Cabral-Guevara, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Plumer, Rozar, Schraa, Tusler, Wichgers and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senators Nass, Bernier and Jacque

  2. Oct 29, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Nov 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Murphy added as a coauthor

  4. Feb 9, 2022 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 9, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Brooks added as a coauthor

  6. Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 9, Noes 4

  8. Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1